1. USC at Stanford
LINE USC -9
ATS PICK USC
May you find someone who goes head over heels in love with you as much as I’ve fallen for this USC team.
It would be far, far healthier for me if Stanford came out and rolled, otherwise I don’t quite know how I’ll be able to contain the full-on fanboy gushing all season long.
Really, do you get just how talented this thing is that Lincoln Riley put together?
First of all, you want an upgrade? USC has Lincoln Freaking Riley as the head coach. How the guy isn’t right now preparing the Dallas Cowboys for the Sunday Night opener against Tampa Bay is beyond me.
Did you see what Riley’s team did to Rice? Of course you didn’t because you were too busy watching other things.
How do I know you – and the rest of America – didn’t see the 66-14 destruction? No one wants to talk with me about Caleb Williams.
19-of-22, 249 yards, two touchdowns, 68 rushing yards.
Jordan Addison caught two touchdown passes. The defense scored three times. The running game averaged over seven yards per pop. It all worked.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was only Rice, but this collection of all-stars was sharp from jump – that’s not as easy as it seems.
Stanford was solid in the 41-10 win over Colgate, but now the show is coming to The Farm, and it’s only giving up nine points after the line started out at 11.5.
Don’t think for a second that everyone around this program doesn’t get how big this is after the wheels came off following the loss to Stanford last season.
Don’t think for a second that everyone doesn’t know that this gets the prime ABC slot.
Getting the win by ten points is a must against a program that lost its last four games last year by 21 points or more. If USC really is in for a special season, it all has to kick in now.
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